How are you fairing?

 

 Do you collect fairings?

Inscription:  "The last in bed to put out the light."

(Source: Denhams.com)

A little vase from RubyLane.com

Mama pig rocking her baby.

These small porcelain figural "fair"ings were made 
in Victorian times

from 1840-1900  as giveaway prizes or trinkets

when the large fairs were in their heyday.

This sweet little fairing is a small box. (Source: OklahomaHistory.net)

Inscription:  "An awkward interruption" (The other woman hides....) Source: Bathantiquesonline.com

They are not very big, usually 2 -3 inches 

maximum in height and or width.

Inscription: "Now Ma-am say when"  Helping her into a stagecoach.  (Source: Denhams.com)

Some where match holders 

with a match strike area, 

some were small banks, vases, or lidded boxes.

And others were sweet little figural pieces 
without a purpose --

many with a humorous inscription.

Some were sold inexpensively as
a souvenir item, often times with
a city's name hand-painted in gold.

This one is a souvenir from Niagara Falls (painted in gold). Source: RubyLane.com

A friend of mine got me interested in collecting 

the German pink pig fairings. 
 As you may know, 

Germans believe pigs 
are a sign of good fortune or luck. 

Inscription: "Good old annual" -- the baby pig is having a bath!

On the crib..... "Hush a bye baby don't you cry, you'll be a sausage bye and bye."

They are hard to find, but easy to identify, 

because they were painted using the same green paint, 

and the same peachy pink paint for the pigs. 

Often times, there were other colors added, 

like metallic gold and maybe a deep orange-red, but for the most part, it was green and peach/pink. 

Piggies in a purse at RubyLane.com

A piggy bank purse.

(Rear view)   :)

I love the little faces on the pigs....are they sweet or what? 

(My little collection, complete with bumps, bruises and some chips!)

Do you have any fairings?